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Life St. Louis School Shooter Left Note Saying "I Don't Have Any Friends [Or] Family" A 19-year-old Central Visual and Performing Arts High School was the one who carried out Monday's fatal tragedy. By Hayley Hynes October 25, 2022
Music DJ Akademiks Slams YSL Members For Snitching: "YS-Tell" DJ Akademiks had some things to say after informant information leaked in the YSL RICO case. By Rex Provost August 20, 2022
Gossip Nikita Dragun Arrested For Unwanted Voyeurism In Miami Beach Hotel The makeup model had no shame flaunting her body poolside during her Miami Beach vacation. By Balen Mautone November 08, 2022
Crime Minneapolis Police Officers Involved In Death Of George Floyd Fired Four police officers were fired following the death of George Floyd. By Rose Lilah May 26, 2020
Crime Detroit Rapper Bandgang Paid Will Passes Away At 27: Report It's been reported, but unconfirmed, that he was killed in a shooting. His death comes just over two months after the shooting death of Bandgang Jizzle P. By Erika Marie December 01, 2020
Crime Pop Smoke May Have Been Targeted, Not A Robbery: Report As more news of Pop Smoke's callous murder is shared, TMZ claims that surveillance footage shows this wasn't a robbery. By Erika Marie February 20, 2020
Pop Culture Carlee Russell Pleads Guilty, Avoids Jail Russell received a suspended six-month sentence. By Ben Mock March 21, 2024
Pop Culture Kai Cenat Trolled By Fan Claiming To Be In A Police Chase The alleged driver who contacted Cenat was seen streaming well after the suspect's arrest. By Ben Mock March 20, 2024
Crime Joe Tacopina, A$AP Rocky's Attorney, Eviscerates A$AP Relli, The Worst Witness Ever A$AP Relli filed criminal charges against A$AP Rocky after an altercation between friends turned hostile and Relli's hand grazed. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 29, 2025
Music Sean Kingston & His Mother Grasp The Bible While Hearing Witness Testimony In Their Fraud Trial Sean Kingston and his 61-year-old mother are facing five counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. By Cole Blake March 26, 2025
Music Young Thug Shuts Down Snitching Accusations After Peewee Roscoe Audio Goes Viral Fans have been calling out Young Thug on social media in response to the resurfaced audio clip on Wednesday. By Cole Blake August 27, 2025
Music Hernandez Govan, Alleged Mastermind Behind Young Dolph Killing, Found Not Guilty Hernandez Govan hugged his lawyer in the Memphis courtroom after the jury found him not guilty in Young Dolph's murder. By Cole Blake August 21, 2025